Fantasy Football Tips – Saturday 27th February

Every day we bring you what we think are some sensible selection options based on today’s upcoming matches; we’re not going to promise that these are guaranteed winners because if we could do that we’d all be millionaires by now. These players are all solid picks based on recent stats and their next opponents so check them out.

Overview

At the beginning of the season we certainly didn’t foresee picking a majority of Leicester City and Stoke City players in our lineup but that’s how it’s turned out on Saturday. Top of the league Leicester host struggling Norwich City while Stoke are at home to botton-of-the-league Aston Villa; we also have two players from West Ham who welcome 19th placed Sunderland to the Boleyn Ground.

Defence

Leicester have been solid in defence for some time now and so we’ve gone for Kasper Schmeichel in goal behind Robert Huth. The Hammers’ Aaron Cresswell and Stoke’s Erik Pieters occupy the two remaining spots in the back four.

Midfield

Our four man midfield features a surfeit of recognisable points-scorers in the shape of Dmitri Payet from West Ham, Willian from Chelsea, Riyad Mahrez from Leicester and Glenn Whelan from Stoke City.

Forwards

Odion Ighalo from Watford and Jamie Vardy from Leicester are obvious choices up front and at this early stage we’ve also gone for Stoke’s Bojan in the probable absence of Marko Arnautovic but this may change closer to kick off time.

*In the event that certain players are not selected, last-minute changes may be required.